A polyphasic approach assigns the pathogenic Erwinia strains from diseased pear trees in Japan to Erwinia pyrifoliae

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-330

  Geider, K ^a   Auling, G ^b   Jakovljevic, V ^a   Volksch B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Asian pear blight; BSBP; DNA relatedness; Erwinia amylovora; Erwinia pyrifoliae; Gpd; House keeping genes; RecA

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GENES; NUCLEOTIDES; PATHOGENS; RNA;

16S RRNA; ASIAN PEAR BLIGHT; BACTERIAL SHOOT BLIGHT OF PEAR IN JAPAN; DNA RELATEDNESS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; GPD; HOUSE KEEPING; HOUSE KEEPING GENE; RECA;

DNA;

RNA 16S;

DNA; GENES; NUCLEOTIDES; PATHOGENS; PATHOLOGY; RNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; PATHOGEN; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BLIGHT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; HOST RANGE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; JAPAN; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEAR; RNA SEQUENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KOREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA VAR. CULTA;

EID: 60349084052     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02535.x     Document Type: Article

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